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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1908
Page
8
Men's light sport boots priced at 525 and heavy short boots at 3 50 along with boys snag proof boots 250 offered by Porters the Clothier and Furnisher Kennedy s Laxative Cough Syrup is promoted for quick relief of bowels and inflammation with pleasant taste sold by Blue Front Drug Store.
An old fashioned advertisement from Barget and Sons urges harness owners to oil gear yearly to keep it soft and pliable. It promises oiling services at one dollar per o, urging affordability.
When stomach troubles occur it may be due to overeating or unsuitable foods for age or occupation or habitual constipation. Fake Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets are advertised to regulate bowels and improve digestion with a free sample offered. Sold by City Drug Store.
A London Spectator writer analyzes Disraeli phrases said to be borrowed from external sources. It lists instances citing Burke Seneca Pope Swift and others as sources for Disraeli maxims and comparisons, noting repeated literary echoes across eras.
A Strand Magazine quip recalls a doctor who explains why some children are born dumb to an old lady in need of a simple answer. The old lady, misinterpreting the blunt reply, notes Poe asked her husband the same question repeatedly and received a curt, fatalistic response.
A Liverpool Mercury item recalls Smith, famed as a cyclist, visiting a sporting neighbor. He borrowed a young horse to follow the hounds, but a rabbit startled the animal. He flew forward onto the horse’s neck and joked that he could not find the brake as his uncle teased him.
A historical note recalls the arrival of early stagecoaches in England around 1553 and their rough reception. A 1673 London treatise argued stagecoaches harmed trade, exhausted horse supply, hurt inns, and degraded health, predicting national ruin if travel by coach prevailed.
A lone passenger rides a lumbering stage through the Adirondacks and stops at a small graveyard with unmarked graves. He asks about death, and the driver coldly replies that people here die only once.
A tall man at a wayside station accosts a red haired twelve year old asking about the train. The boy stalls and a stranger asks why the boy did not reply as the man’s stammering clarifies his fear of confrontation.
A Fur News report summarizes that over fifty headache types exist and offers self cure tips. Common forms include dull forehead pain from dyspepsia, neck pains from liver issues, temple bursting pains from malnutrition, top-head pressure from overwork, and brow ache from eye strain.
A Washington Post item recounts a man proudly detailing his ivory handled razors and a Sunday holiday rotation. He warns against brutal stropping and urges letting blades rest after sharpening to avoid edge crystallization and a smoother morning shave.
A New York Sun item recalls a schoolgirl who wins a seat by prompting two portly men to yield after a conductor asks them to move. A bulky scrub lady then arrives and, lifting the balance of power, sits and the girl laughs at her clever triumph.
A Chicago Inter Ocean note recalls a shop girl deducting 85 cents from wages for petty infractions. The memo lists fines for chair standing 10 cents, short ribbon, lateness, gum chewing, writing and address errors, and other minor offenses under 100 posted rules.
The London Standard notes varying daylight lengths: London and Bremen 16.5 hours, Stockholm 18.5, Hamburg and Dantzig 17, St. Petersburg and Toholsk 19 to 5 hours, Tornea near twenty two and three hours, Wardburg May 21 to July 22, Spitzbergen three and a half months.
A reflection on brief modern titles contrasts with historical long ones such as "First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women" and "Discovery of a Gaping Gulf Wherein England Is Liable to Be Swallowed by Another French Marriage" noting their notoriety and authorial punishment in past eras.
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